Good morning 🙂

Hi Diane 🙂
Have a great week at work! 😀

Hi Karl 🙂
Thanks for helping me try to figure out what is wrong with the chatroom. 😀

Hi Dianne 🙂
So true about horses. Very smart but I think they think they are small as kitty cats. lol 😀
The quail are always here, fewer now since there was recently bird hunting season.
The Robins have all moved back into the area and are establishing their territories.
Poor babies will miss that big tree after Wednesday, but too bad. HaHa 😀

Cory is having the chatroom issues looked into today.
YEA! WTG! Cory 😀

Today I will be cleaning the house.
Bathroom, floors, vacuuming and LOTS of sweeping the porches and walkways because of all the leaves covering them.
I don't mind sweeping dry leaves but hate to do it when the leaves are wet.
Today they are dry. 😀

This week the neighbors are having new carpet installed through out their house.
So they are busy packing up everything and moving all their furniture out of the house.
That is a LOT of work, fortunately they are not hoarders so this is do-able for them.

Lots of nice big changes happening this week on our road. 😀

Hi and good morning to all you who read and didn't post here lately! 😀

Thanks Dianne, I agree, all the work I did to improve my living situation, did make work more fun, think I feel less shame, so just feel happier. Today I was outside all day, raked and burned some leaves. Scraped the length of the garage roof edge, that has looked like crap for years, painted it, it looks so much better. My neighbor who lives above me, came out and appreciated the new look. Chopped kindling, raked leaves in back yard as well as front. Not sure what else I did, but worked alllll day, now have to deal with the dishes etc in here, no fun for me. hope all had good weekends

My To-Do for today is to run all sorts of programs on my computer to try to get a handle on the chatroom problem.

Hope to see you all in chat tonight! 😀

Ah Tillie, didn't you just love observing how smart he was to work those rope knots loose and then to thwart your newest actions with the wire? Lucky for us they don't know that a good swift kick to the head, or using their teeth to rip our throats out, or using their impressive strength to overwhelm us would give them the upper hand. What's happening with the wildlife in your area? Are the quails still around? I love birds but know nothing about them.

Today is boring work, blah.

The smart horse stories reminded me of how my brother and I, as toddlers, could escape from the playpen by working together.

Hello everyone, so happy the tree is going away tillie. that is tough to be around a screamer, I used to be one, happy I don't yell anymore, it felt so out of control to yell, sorry you have to be at the same with a screamer.
Dianne, sounds like you had a great time.
I worked this week and next week will be the last week, will miss it, and will be happy I am done. I have had a good time, enjoyed it more this year than in previous years. Yesterday I went to a fund raiser rummage sale for troubled teens. Yep, bought some junk that were for "future craft projects", on the way to work. When I got home and had to haul the stuff in, it was obvious I bought the stuff for a reward for having to work when it was such great weather, and wanted to stay home. Today I had to deal with the stuff, very clear that I have no business bringing stuff home until I finish cleaning stuff out. Really don't want to be the person I was, want to get back on track and finish cleaning stuff out and start doing craft projects.
Today I stained several fence boards. This morning worked in bedroom 2 hours sorting stuff, went through several boxes of jewelry, and scarves. Can see progress. Watched show on OPB on replacing kitchen faucet, has leaked for 2 years, I have the new faucet, just haven't tackled it yet. Think I will wait until finish working next week, need tomorrow to have fun outside. Love the sunshine. see you in chat tomorrow

We all need fun time.
We need to get out and away from all the To-Do chores regularly.
This refreshes us physically and mentally.
This is called "Real Life" and we all need this time.
We are all so much more than the clutter and messes.
We are real people and need to experience real life pleasures.
Sure, the home work is very important and doing it without the help of a company takes a long time.
Try to remember to find time to live in the moment. 😉

Dianne,
I am so very very happy to hear how well Jakey is doing.
That is really wonderful news.

I had a horse that lived right next to me that could open the latches and would hold the gate for all the other horses to get out.
I put the horses all back, latched the gate and tied a rope around it.
He used his teeth and picked the knots out of the rope and opened the latch, letting out all the horses.
So then I took a piece of bailing wire and started to bind the gate shut.
The horse saw what I was doing and tried his best to crowd me away from the gate. 😀
The wire did the trick and there was no more horse round ups.

You know how sometimes with a hoard you feel like you can't do anything fun without some level of guilt? Like I really should be working on that?

So now I'm home ready to do the daily chores. Instead of being tired like I thought I feel invigorated and ready to work. Mostly today will be animal chores, cleaning, grooming, trimming nails (we all HATE that!) and a dump run. I'd like to get 2 bathrooms done too.

Yeah MayMay, they're just big babies aren't they? Gotta be with the Momma. haha

Good morning 🙂

Cats have been fed.
He has gone off to get his hair cut.
We might go to the grocery store today.
Other than that I have no idea what I will be doing today.
Looks like another lovely day here weatherwise.
Hoping he will get his stuff all moved out of the way for the tree guys by tomorrow.

Have some fun today no matter what else you are doing. 😀

Hey Dianne,
Yeah Matt and Cory are constantly jumping around, running through the house, and goofing off. They used to have this really bad habit of slamming into the bathroom door while I'm taking a shower. So now I just leave the bathroom door open, whenever I take a shower, so they can't do that anymore. But now, what they like to do is, sneak into the bathroom and walk into the tub while I'm taking a shower. LOL. 😀

Tillie, your husband sounds a lot like one of my brothers before he passed away. He raged at others and people never argued back; they feared him because he could get physically violent. You're smart to lay low during those times.

How wonderful that he came out and apologized!!! And getting the old tree out will be a huge step forward. Could be he is approaching that point of change. 🙂

Good morning everybody 🙂

Looks like it is going to be another lovely Fall day here in northern Nevada.

Hi Diane 🙂
WOW! chopping wood and chimney cleaning!
WAY TO GO!

Hi MayMay 🙂

Hi Roxie 🙂
Hope you are having a blast at your reunion. 😀

Hi Dianne 🙂
So wonderful that you had all that electrical work done!
Happy that the electrician is a big time dog lover too. 😉

Hi to Karl and Diane and everybody else too. 😀

I've been just laying low here.
Been sleep deprived, nervous and depressed.
Hate fighting, always have. But it is the only way to get anything accomplished around here.
He loves to verbally fight with everybody.
The power company, phone company, insurance company, bank, trash service, people at his work place, store cashiers, our rural letter carrier and post office. Just to name a few.
At home he stands in the room I am in and rants and raves about all these people and companies.
No matter how many times I tell him that I don't want to hear about it any more he just won't quit.
Until last night.....
I told him to stop. Just stop it.
He flew off the handle, like he always does, had a huge melt down. Very angry at me, slamming doors, screaming, etc.
And an hour later he did something he never did before.
He came out of his room and said "I'm sorry"
He spoke in a normal tone.
Tried to say things to make it better.
I am still in shock.

Anyways, the tree guy just called me and said he will be here about 8:00am Wednesday morning to get that tree down for me. 😀

My To-Dos for today...
wash my hair
clean the kitchen
do cat related tasks
sweep floor & porches (lots of fallen leaves)
a quick vacuuming of the main carpet areas.
swish & swipe the bathroom

Hope you all have a GREAT Friday. 🙂

I know MayMay even I thought wow that's crazy!

And if each one weighs about 100 pounds that's 1100 pounds of dogs!!!! Hauling the food alone would throw my back out for days.

Hi Dianne,
WOW! That's a lot of German Shepherds! 🙂

The electrician came today and did a lot of repairs. He saw some of my worst rooms. He didn't seem shocked. He talked about German Shepherds as he has 11.

Still waiting on call about status of mattresses and washer repair.

Hi everyone! 🙂

Hey Roxie,
Have fun at your reunion. 🙂

Thanks Dianne! 🙂

Hey Tillie,
I'm glad you're feeling better. 🙂

Yay Tillie!! That is such excellent news!! Doing a Happy Dance for you! 🙂

Roxie, have a wonderful time on your trip!! Enjoy the time spent with your good friends and soak up that New Mexico sunshine! 🙂

My headache is lessening and I will sleep very well tonight.
The tree guy came by this afternoon.
We settled on 400.00 to take the huge dangerous tree down.
He said he was busy all this week but plans to stick me in sometime next week. He will call to let me know when he will be here.
My hoarder came home just as we were finishing up talking.
With this peer pressure on him now, he will get all his stuff out of the way over the next few days.
I already have someone lined up to come get all the wood. We agreed on 100.00 for the wood.
HAPPY DANCE! 😀

Did my usual meds and teeth. Put away clean dishes and did another sinkful. Emptied kitchen garbage and took it out. Swept almost all of the kitchen floor (in short bursts). Don't know if I'll get to mopping it. Oh well.

Just want to nap. !)

Good morning! 😀
WAY TO GO! everybody for taking care of business!!!

I am exhausted.
But maybe there is some good news.
He said that the tree guy will be here today sometime to look at the tree, give an estimate and schedule a day to remove it.
I am trying not to let my spirits get excited about this just in case he pulls the rug out from under me, like he has done so many times in the past.
I am so tired of having this damgerous tree hanging over my head, literally.

"Fight one battle at a time"

TTYL 😀

Hi, all. Well, I am playing on the computer ("studying") and here it is the day before I leave for the reunion. Sometimes I am such a procrastinator.

Hugs

I remember that dress MayMay. It was amazing!!

And right now your hair color would go beautifully with your dress. 🙂

Hi Dianne,
Great! My dress will definitely not be a typical wedding dress... I want the dress to be black with flames coming up from the bottom of it. I wish I could have a dress like the dress that Jennifer Lawerence wore in the first "Hunger Games" movie; the dress had real flames come out of it whenever she would twirl around in it. It was really cool. 🙂

Wow Diane, I want you and Tillie to come live with me!

The bed guys should be here between 9:00 and 11:00 am tomorrow. Today.

worked at job in the morning an again in afternoon. In between work I cleaned the chimney, chopped kindling, fixed a few things, enjoyed working in the sunshine. Have an early morning start tomorrow. Happy to read what you gals had to say, thanks for posting.

Hey Roxie!

It' will be a great time with people you have wonderful memories with. Go, forget everything at home and enjoy!!

Hi, everyone. I've gotten my usual done today and started putting away a sink of dishes I did yesterday.

Good morning everybody! 😀
Great reading all your postings.
Don't really know what happened with yesterday. Never accomplished anything. Sort of was in a fog all day long.
Been expending all my energy on trying to get him working on this dangerous tree removal project.
Yesterday afternoon he actually looked under the hood of the vehicle that's parked right next to the tree.
Progress???
I dunno 🙁
Today I need to water some stuff in the yard.
Do some cleaning in the house too.
But first I have to feed the cats.
They are all staring at me as I type this.
TTYL 😀